Today, in this article, we are going to learn how to upload a file(s) or project on Amazon S3 using AWS CLI. To start with, first, we need to have an AWS account.

What is Amazon S3?

Here is the short description of Amazon S3.

Amazon S3 stands for Amazon Simple Storage Service. It helps the developer community to make computing scalable and more simple. Amazon S3 provides a platform where developers can store and download the data from anywhere and at any time on the web. Amazon S3 is very fast and reliable storage infrastructure.

You can create a free AWS account or log into your account from here. Once you are logged into your AWS account, the next step is to create security credentials for your account which include an access key.

To get your credentials, follow the below steps.

Click Account name > My Security Credentials.

Select "Users" from the left panel.

Click on the username.

Now, from the below screen, you can set permissions and create your credentials by clicking on the "Create access key" button.

Copy your credentials or download the crendetials.csv to use later.

Download and install AWS CLI. You can install AWS CLI for any major operating system,